Annual General Meeting
The 2026 Annual General Meeting of Fraser Park Bowling Club is scheduled to be held in the clubhouse on Wednesday 11 November 2026, 7pm for 7:30pm prompt
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| 01 | President’s Opening Remarks | ||||
| 01.1 | Obituary => observe a minute’s silence in memory of those who were no longer with us |
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| 02 | Sederunt and Apologies for abscence | ||||
| 2.1 | Declarations of Interest/Transparency Statement |
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| Members are asked to consider whether they have an interest to declare in relation to any item on the agendafor this meeting. Any member making a declaration of interest should provide some information on the nature of the interest and leave the meeting at the appropriate time. Advice may be sought from the Board prior to the meeting taking place. |
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| 03 | Minutes of the A.G.M held on Wednesday 12 November 2025, currently published on club noticeboard. | ||||
| 04 | Matters arising, other than agenda items, out of the minutes | ||||
| 04.1 | Fraser Park Bowling Club Lease Minute of Assignation and Variation has been registered in the Land Register M&M still waiting the registered extract coming back from the Register. This could take up to two [2] years. |
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| 04.2 | Our Joint meeting between Inverness & District Municipal Bowling Clubs and our landlord was held on Tuesday September 1, 2026 when the maintenance for the closed season was agreed. | ||||
| 05 | Reports | ||||
| 05,1 | President | ||||
| 05.2 | Secretary | ||||
| 05.3 | Treasurer | ||||
| 05.3.1 | Adoption of Financial Report | ||||
| 05.3.2 | Independant Reviewers Report | ||||
| 06 | Correspondence; relevant to the AGM | ||||
| 6.1 | Update BS AGM | ||||
| 07 | Proposed Amendments to the Constitution | ||||
| 7.1 | Amend Match Secretary to read Competitions Secretary throughout Appendices (1, 3, 4, 7) | ||||
| 7.2 | Appendix 4, The AGM will commence at 7.30pm. Amend to read, The AGM will commence at 7pm. | ||||
| 08 | Appointment of Honorary Members | ||||
| 08.1 | None received to date. | ||||
| 09 | Annual Subscriptions | ||||
| 09.1 | Membership; as agreed 2024 AGM to increase by £1; PA rising from £41 to £42PA . For 2027 to £43 other categories by respective proportion. | ||||
| 09.2 | Locker rental Fees, currently £5 per annum | ||||
| 09.3 | Domestic Club Competitions, currently £5 per person per event. | ||||
| 09.4 | Spoons: Evening (Outdoor) - All Spoons £2 per person per session | ||||
| 09.4.1 | Spoons: Afternoon (Outdoor) - All Spoons £3 per person per session, incl refreshments | ||||
| 09.5 | Short Carpet - All Spoons £3 per person per session, including refreshments | ||||
| 10 | Any Other Business arising from 2026 bowling season where applicable | ||||
| 10.1 | Review Club Championship – Play this event on Wednesday afternoons or evening as shown on the drawsheet. Games may be played as shown on the draws sheet or by mutual agreement prior thereto. Club championship games take priority over 10.2. |
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| 10.2 | Review Ladies & Gents annual comps - Play this event on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday afternoon or evening as shown on the drawsheet. Games will not be played simultaneously to Bowls Scotland or NCBA ties but may be played by mutual agreement.prior to the date show | ||||
| 10.3 | Travelling Expenses | ||||
| 10.4 | Floodlighting | ||||
| 10.5 | Open to the floor | ||||
| 11 | Election of Office Bearers and Trustees, as per clause 40, annex 4, the following nominations were received | ||||
| Position | Nominee | Proposer | Seconder | ||
| President | Andy Bellany | A D MacDonald | A C Henderson | ||
| Vice President | Alex Henderson | Andy Bellany | A D MacDonald | ||
| Treasurer | Gavin Sweeney | Dave Line | Andy Bellany | ||
| Secretary | |||||
| The following Board Members have indicated that they are willing to be considered for re-relection to the Board | |||||
| Trustee | Fiona Christie | Hector MacKenzie | Alex Morrison | ||
| Trustee | Hector MacKenzie | Alex Henderson | A D MacDonald | ||
| Trustee | Alex Morrison | Hector MacKenzie | Andy Bellany | ||
| Trustee | Dave Line | Alex Morrison | Fiona Christie | ||
| Trustee | Sheila Cochrane | Andy Bellany | A D MacDonald | ||
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| 11.1 | Appointments | ||||
| 11.1.1 | Welfare Protection Officer | The Board | |||
| 11.1.2 | Health & Safety | Board | |||
| 11.1.3 | First Aider | Board | |||
| 11.1.4 | Data Processor | Authorised Board Members | |||
| 11.2 | Green Opening | Proposed, Saturday 24 April 2027 | |||
| 12 | Appoint two (2) Independant Club Members to review accounts or re-appoing Robert Donnachie to Independantly Review Accounts. | ||||
| 13 | Any other business relevant to the forthcoming bowling season | ||||
| 13.1 | Must not be less than two [2] members present when locking up. | ||||
| 13.2 | Aim to achieve Scotland Bowls Mark Bronze / Silver Award 2027 | ||||
| 13.3 | Club finals, Saturday August 21, 2027, commencing 2pm. | ||||
| 13.4 | Review prizes for single handed games (club, ladies, gents, senior & short carpet) championship games, plus consider a payment to the runners up. | ||||
| 13.4.1 | payout for balloted, Round Robin and other club internal events status quo | ||||
| 13.5 | Open to the floor | ||||
| 14 | Date, Time and venue of the next A.G.M; - Proposed date Wednesday 10 November 2027; 7pm. | ||||
| 15 | Close | ||||
| 16 | Vote of Thanks | ||||